Painkiller Coming

You thought it was Xbox only, didn't you? Turns out DreamCatcher wants to ease your pain by having you inflict pain onto others.

By Ivan Sulic

Have you "ever wondered if the undead feel the pain when you kill them?" Lord knows I have. Apparently the developers behind Painkiller have as well.

The action shooting FPS, Painkiller, assumedly involves the killing of undead things and in the process, causing them to feel the pain. See, that's all you really need in a press release. I don't care about anything else. Once I see mention of killing undead folk and causing them pain, your ass is getting posted. I guess more always helps.

Painkiller is actually a dude, a mercenary who "deals" with the supernatural. Earth has its places where demons and other manner of generally evil things nest: abandoned prisons, castles, caves, Brisbane Technology Park, Dan's closet, etc. Our boy Painkiller is a high roller, a playa, a debutant of the ball. He needs cash to live it up in sin and Vegas spin. Thankfully, cleansing these places infested by demon scum usually reaps a fat paycheck. It's no 14 thousand dollars a year that we IGN editors make, but then not everybody can live the lap of luxury.

On what seems to be a routine religious artifact swiping gig, Painkiller finds himself likely duped into the middle of a feud between a couple of particularly vicious undead clans.

Features:

Lots of bad guys coming at once.

Physics powered by Havok (rag-doll and deformable environments).

100 times more polygons than some of the latest shooters.

Good texture detail.

Multiplayer support.

Combo weapons.

Transform into large monster.

Advanced AI (monsters patrol, not spawn).

Additionally, this FPS boasts 20 levels and next-generation technology powered gameplay that claims to offer "no time to use the sniper rifle."

Wee little information has yet to be released. But, the flash animated website makes the game look both artistically stylish and intriguing from a gamer's standpoint.

More will come as it comes. Stone cold skeleton chopping mercs such as myself are not big on dates.